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Mexican dance conference coming to Cabrillo
Esperanza del Valle, Pajaro Valley’s long-standing Mexican folklorico dance group, is preparing for the “Reinforcing Cultural Identity” conference coming to Cabrillo College on Aug. 15-25. The group will welcome Ballet Folklórico del Puerto de Veracruz de la Universidad Veracruzana, from Mexico, to offer a series of performances...
A Countdown of a Life of a Silver Creek Senior
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — With only 18 days left, we look back on David Marentes’ memories, advice, and plans after Silver Creek High School. There are many students here at Silver Creek with unknown lives. Today, we’d like to shout out one of our soon-to-be graduated students here at Silver Creek. Being a senior can feel unreal for some class of 2024 students because their freshman year never came.
Students can balance school with work, life, extracurriculars
Student life can become difficult and draining, but if you want it bad enough you need to discipline yourself. Putting in hard work and being present with your obligations is only half of what you need to succeed. The other half is making sure your mind is strong enough. I...
Chemistry Fusion Society aims to unite students with an interest in the subject in a college facing staffing issues
The Chemistry Fusion Society is the first of its kind since the disbandment of the Chemistry Club in the Winter Quarter of 2019. The new club instituted by Inter Club Council in Spring held their first meeting in the Physical Science and Technologies Village on June 13. De Anza College...
UC academic worker strike over pro-Palestinian protests ends, officials say
University of California officials said the graduate worker strike across six UC schools has ended, the Orange County Register reported. Representing about 48,000 teaching assistants, tutors, researchers and other academic workers, the union, United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 4811 started a rolling strike at UC Santa Cruz in May, followed by UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego, to protest how the University of California system handled pro-Palestinian protests on campuses across the system.
Measure G task force starting from scratch
Following the partial reallocation of Measure G’s budget to a Foothill College dental clinic, the Measure G task force has been in limbo. As student task force members graduate and the committee reshuffles its priorities, the future of Measure G continues to be up in the air. The original...
Opinion: College Presidents Should Lead with Moral Clarity, Setting the Tone for Campus Culture
Friday afternoon, a group of faculty and staff gathered under the shade of a large Oak tree in prayer, in remembrance, and in community as they shared how they’ve coped balancing work and personal life while watching the genocidal violence Israel is committing against the Palestinian people. While this ethnic cleansing has transpired over the last 76 years, the citizen journalists documenting the violence, and our ability to see it in real time, is relatively new.
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